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- Visibility
  8 mi
- Cloud
  Cover
  0%
- Ceiling
  24000 ft
Tonight

May 20

Lo 60°
A thunderstorm in spots early
Stargazing Weather
- Cloud
  Cover
  72%
- Precip
  40%
- Hours of Precip
  0.5
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Tomorrow

May 21

Hi 75°
Variably cloudy, a t-storm
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  45%
- Precip
  61%
- Hours of Precip
  3
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Wednesday

May 22

Hi 76°
Variable clouds, a t-storm
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  79%
- Precip
  55%
- Hours of Precip
  2.5
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Thunderstorms in the area tomorrow morning through Thursday afternoon; storms can be strong, perhaps severe

5/20 5/21 Now: 9:04pm

PM 9-1

9pm Intermittent Clouds 66° 47%
10pm Mostly Cloudy w/ T-Storms 65° 51%
11pm Intermittent Clouds 65° 18%
12am Intermittent Clouds 63° 14%
1am Mostly Cloudy 63° 16%

AM 2-7

2am Mostly Cloudy 62° 20%
3am Mostly Cloudy 61° 20%
4am Mostly Cloudy 60° 20%
5am Mostly Cloudy 60° 20%
6am Mostly Cloudy 61° 20%
7am Mostly Cloudy 62° 20%

AM 8-1

8am Cloudy 64° 19%
9am Mostly Cloudy 67° 19%
10am Mostly Cloudy 68° 24%
11am Mostly Cloudy w/ T-Storms 70° 51%
12pm Intermittent Clouds 72° 47%
1pm Intermittent Clouds 74° 43%

PM 2-7

2pm Intermittent Clouds 75° 47%
3pm Mostly Cloudy w/ T-Storms 74° 51%
4pm Intermittent Clouds 74° 47%
5pm Intermittent Clouds 72° 33%
6pm Intermittent Clouds 71° 33%
7pm Mostly Cloudy 70° 36%

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Gray and Dreary to Midsummer Warmth

May 20, 2013; 6:59 AM ET Moist warm air is spreading north along the coast.

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Rises at 5:29 AM with 14:39 of sunlight, then sets at 8:08 PM

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Rises at 3:10 PM with 11:46 of moolight, then sets at 2:56 AM

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NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Will Have Long Legacy, Despite Big Glitch

Space.com - May 20, 2013; 9:48 AM ET

Whether or not NASA's Kepler spacecraft can bounce back from the malfunction that has stalled its search for alien planets, the mission's place in history is assured, scientists say.
Comet ISON: How to See Potential 'Comet of the Century' Online Today

Space.com - May 20, 2013; 8:24 AM ET

The much-anticipated incoming Comet ISON, which some scientists hope will become the "comet of the century" later this year, may not be visible to the naked eye yet, but you don't have to wait months to see this icy wanderer. The comet takes center stage in an online telescope webcast today (May 19).
Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 10:05 AM ET

The sun storm erupted late Tuesday (May 14) during a powerful solar flare — the fourth unleashed by a single sunspot in just 48 hours — and hurled a massive cloud of charged particles out into space at millions of miles an hour.
Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field Deepens

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 9:57 AM ET

The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.
Yum! Curiosity Rover Swallows 1st Mars Sample, Finds Odd Bright Stuff

Space.com - May 16, 2013; 10:40 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has swallowed its first tiny bite of Martian soil, after standing down for a spell while scientists checked out some strange bright bits in the dirt.
Oops! The 5 Greatest Scientific Blunders

LiveScience.com - May 16, 2013; 10:23 AM ET

These stories serve to show how even the smartest among us can err, and that in fact to achieve a big breakthrough, big risks are necessary, which sometimes also involve big failures.
Forget the Moon. Let's Go to Mars.

NationalGeographic.com - May 15, 2013; 8:04 AM ET

Buzz Aldrin says the Red Planet should be humankind's next destination.
Giant Gas Clouds Found In Void Between Nearby Galaxies

Space.com - May 12, 2013; 6:53 AM ET

A never-before-seen interstellar network of gas between two nearby galaxies may provide the raw material needed to fuel star formation for billions of years, scientists say.